Telegram-herald., 1887-03-20

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Reader kaoEs laar
aa nIrlt- - tse 81 lra1Hrtls river
ds .1aa tali a-s le ,ir ava
and . a. oat la fhs a.llsi,is cemetery George
Ms.lasts Oramaand the poor deal poe..
LES iss pssss as sep, ID bis Own words.
-fafoa1-alss t,l af years
l ioFe .rs aate- r. 'eas,
a. os rs ula oi tears
l-s srsrtae-s AMI sor-0s."
he wa ~ons 0l the boys bus be died -
bis poem pictured where there vas
$50 e.lax RI sli-rerls glasses
Na taain. ~ amber wine
somehow the saddesE .thing ot il all Is
that The thousht VII come that be vas
never appreciated know he was weak
f.oashly. craely weak bat-he vas poet
4 8og-a boy w.h an indrmity. II nc
could have hzd hs hearns-if he could
have he.rd the noise Of this biz round
world be uoald have been very different
mayaap. Before rae lies huge scrap
,ook fai II his wiz and hum0r and his stray
ooeus clipped from yarions newspapers and
magazine One night he came 20 me for
some seats 81 ihe theatre. I replied 10 him
IN tie sign language that the opera was on.
and smiled when be sad that was Why he
wanted % ~ Nexs day be wrote
long article tor the Detroit Tinses on
the LIE O. leaf man. From il the follow
ing is exeerpteG. some years ago sat in
the opera during the performance OF the
bohemian Girl Al that night who could
forget Although dwelling amid eternal
silence, the notes Of the music. the voice of
the singers Is indellbly stamped upon my
heart. No one who IS not deaf can under
stand the rapture Of this soul-hesring
stand a. the hour Of midnight IN quiet
street. All is silence. all repose. The
slightest sound falls upon the listening ears
forever closed % sound. But there Is a soul
ear which hears all things When a good
actor Il upon the stzse DIS voice
reaches The soul through MS actions. al
thoush 10 the human ear bis voice may be
ina1di6le. u "a hard 10 explain this feeling.
but where TIE hsa-t i haupy there is music.
The soul feels It is Music when music is
played. Through every nerve and h5er the
strains creep % the. brain. aud le who
loves music. thOaeh sound is forever shut
our from him may dwell IN rapture over
exquisite sounds. when Louis T. Piau
sang Then You VIII Remember Ne. and
when D,ebr y Bell sang The Heart Bowed
Down. eight years ago in TIE Detroit opera
House ] heard him. and altaough then a.
now totally deaf sill retain The airs and
the music of those exquisite songs. How
s'se could t be heard unless tire sOui had
ear, some time ag0 the F--s Press urged
tat blindness was a greater a.'i. a,iou than
deafness Us may re true The blind can
hear ths sweetest of life although they do
not see i- BuL as with the deaf they
must have sou eyes. Who could hear Patti
s.nx and nos see the beautiful -iager though
bind 20 Al. else ON She other hand. who
cou,l see hey the rsrfure in her sYes. and
sli aer 8e.ar lending grsce. aad not hear
tae sweet strains % aer voiee an total.
b. deaf Fer ten wears nat the slightest
sonad has Impressed itself upon my brain.
Yet. When sNee. tones thro5 ana r.ca voices
swea With most. each chord j. branded on
che BRAIN. There IL m-sic in lhe aorers
in be hiae sxy. be- .hs forest when risau
rs srd sis'enins with The bear fras,.
Thers ie masie svef7vhers because oesrtv
= mlse and musis IS baaatv. aad VIA. The
ears ID pot aear tbs eyes can see. The sau
sses and sears aH.'
Two or three weeks ter1fs his death he
handed ms Che following verses titlsd The